Avital Aranoff, the daughter of Rosa Kichikova and her husband Ilya Aranoff of Flushing, Queens, was born on Jan. 25, the day the hospital began accepting patients. Dr. Sarah Linkie, a full time ob/gyn at LIJ Medical Center, delivered the baby.

The tower includes Katz Women’s Hospital and the Zuckerberg Pavilion, both part of LIJ Medical Center. Katz has its own entrance, complete with a large lobby. Each floor is longer than a football field.

Named in honor of long-time trustee and former chairman Saul Katz and associate trustee Iris Katz, the women’s hospital in the inpatient tower features a wide range of maternity and gynecology services on four floors.

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“With all of our new construction projects, we’re building single-bedded rooms,” said Terri Lynam, a North Shore-LIJ spokesman. “It’s part of an effort to meet expectations of patients and reduced the risk of patients.”

North Shore University Hospital and LIJ Medical Center have among the biggest maternity programs in the state, with about 11,000 babies delivered annually.

The 10-story, 300,000-square-foot facility within LIJ Medical Center contains 162 private rooms, including 88 single-bed rooms in Katz Women’s Hospital. LIJ Medical Center has one of the state’s busiest maternity programs with more than 5,000 babies delivered annually. The tower also includes 60 single-bed rooms in Zuckerberg Pavilion.